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Al-Baqarah (The Cow)

Verse 130of 286

وَمَن يَرْغَبُ عَن مِّلَّةِ إِبْرَٰهِۦمَ إِلَّا مَن سَفِهَ نَفْسَهُۥ ۚ وَلَقَدِ ٱصْطَفَيْنَٰهُ فِى ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖ وَإِنَّهُۥ فِى ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ لَمِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ﴿١٣٠

Translation (Sahih International)

And who would be averse to the religion of Abraham except one who makes a fool of himself. And We had chosen him in this world, and indeed he, in the Hereafter, will be among the righteous.

Word-by-word meaning

وَمَنwamanAnd who
يَرْغَبُyarghabuwill turn away
عَنʿanfrom
مِّلَّةِmillati(the) religion
إِبْرَٰهِـۧمَib'rāhīma(of) Ibrahim
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنmanwho
سَفِهَsafihafooled
نَفْسَهُۥ ۚnafsahuhimself
وَلَقَدِwalaqadiAnd indeed
ٱصْطَفَيْنَـٰهُiṣ'ṭafaynāhuWe chose him
فِىin
ٱلدُّنْيَا ۖl-dun'yāthe world
وَإِنَّهُۥwa-innahuand indeed he
فِىin
ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhiratithe Hereafter
لَمِنَlaminasurely (will be) among
ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Only the Fools deviate from Ibrahim's ReligionAllah refuted the disbelievers' innovations of associating others with Allah in defiance of the religion of Ibrahim, the leader of the upright. Ibrahim always singled out Allah in worship, with sincerity, and he did not call upon others besides Allah. He did not commit Shirk, even for an instant. He disowned every other deity that was being worshipped instead of Allah and defied all his people in this regard.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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